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Most scientists agree, climate change is perhaps the most serious issue facing our planet today. And yet, it's uniquely difficult for us to wrap our heads around. Hidden Brain explores why.

Miami claims bank foreclosures in 2008 targeted black and Latino homeowners. When they defaulted, property values fell, which meant a drop in taxes. The city wants the right to sue the banks.

Interval training is a hot thing. Alternating bouts of relatively intense exercise with recovery can provide some benefits of longer workouts in less time. But you still have to put in the work.

In our present political social life, we don't just create political strife for ourselves — we seem to revel in it.

David Greene and Steve Inskeep explore how NBC's Saturday Night Live has handled political humor this year.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing Volkswagen over the environmental effects of its emissions scandal.She accuses the German automaker of…

There's been a fair amount to admire in media coverage of Donald Trump and the 2016 race — but NPR's David Folkenflik thinks that on reflection, many journalists will feel more ambivalence than pride.

David Greene talks to Renata Sago of member station WMFE, who's in Orlando, Fla., talking to early morning voters.

Haiti rolls out an effort to vaccinate 800,000 people in parts of the country devastated by Hurricane Matthew.

The country's supreme court announced the decision Tuesday allowing former dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero's burial more than 25 years after his death. Victims of his regime had tried to block it.